Jon Wilner has been covering college sports for decades and is an AP top-25 football and basketball voter as well as a Heisman Trophy voter. He was named Beat Writer of the Year in 2013 by the Football Writers Association of America for his coverage of the Pac-12, won first place for feature writing in 2016 in the Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest and is a five-time APSE honoree.

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Ninth of 12 spring previews to be published over the course of six weeks. Coming next: Washington State. This preview follows the same general format used for Colorado, Stanford, Utah, USC, UCLA, Oregon, ASU and Cal, with tweaks to reflect specific situations. ARIZONA Spring starts: March 19 Spring break: April 14 (5 p.m., Pac-12 Networks) *** The big picture. Both the big and small pictures should be to...

Eighth of 12 spring previews to be published over the course of six weeks. Coming next: Arizona. This preview follows the same general format used for Colorado, Stanford, Utah, USC, UCLA, Oregon and Arizona State, with tweaks to reflect specific situations. CAL Spring starts: March 19 Spring break: Two practices this week will give the coaching staff a baseline. The Bears will shut down for two...

* The following commentary appeared in the Hotline newsletter on Friday and has been re-published here for readers who missed the original … The Pac-12’s woeful performance in the NCAA tournament, unprecedented as it was, could have relatively limited consequences, as noted in a Hotline column on Friday. But there is one area in which the flameout will have a tangible impact: Revenue. The conference lost...